Junior Matt Rand earned All-American honors this weekend at the cross country NCAA Championships on Saturday, where the Jumbos finished ninth out of 32 teams.
Rand ran a personal best of 24:36 at Lake Breeze Golf Course in Winneconne, Wisc., the best time of any Jumbo and for 19th overall. The top 35 finishers earn All-American honors. This marked Rand's first national cross country recognition, though he had previously been named an All-American in track and field.
Hockey, swimming bring home hardware on opening weekend
Two Tufts athletes earned NESCAC Player of the Week honors in their first contests of the winter season: senior goalkeeper Scott Barchard from the ice hockey team and sophomore Drew Berman from the men's swimming squad.
Barchard, who missed most of last season with an ankle injury, looks to be back in form after two stellar performances this weekend. He stopped 57 of the 60 shots he faced and put up a 1.50 goals against average in two Tufts wins — 3-2 over Wesleyan and 4-1 over Trinity. Barchard's stout defense helped the Jumbos jump out to a 2-0 start for the first time in the NESCAC era.
Berman was recognized for his performances in Tufts' tri-meet at Middlebury with Conn. College, and at home against Keene State. At Middlebury, Berman won both the 200-meter breaststroke and individual medley events. The next day against Keene State, he touched the wall first in the 200-meter breaststroke again, and added another victory in the 200-meter butterfly.
